NYTimes, Op-Ed, Wayne Pacelle, March 11, 2013
The discovery of horse meat in products labeled as beef in the European Union has raised serious questions, not just about food labeling, but also about food safety and the working of the somewhat opaque, global horse meat industry.
While...

Horsetalk,co,nz / February 12, 2013
[caption id="attachment_11481" align="alignleft" width="300"] Box of a preparation of phenylbutazone commonly sold throughout the United States. Note the warning on the right “Not for use in horses intended for food”. Still, everyday hundreds of US horses treated with this drug are...

(The Brits are acting like actors in Monty Python's Flying Circus. The scandal has become a true-to-life comedy act, except this time the actors are playing with the lives of both people and horses. Ignoring the facts seem to indicate the difference between honesty and the influence of...

A New York chef planned to serve raw horse meat. It would have been a disaster—but not for the reason you think.
By James McWilliams|Posted Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at 11:25 AM ET, Slate Repost
[caption id="attachment_11906" align="alignleft" width="300"] Horse meat is, in essence, an industrial byproduct,...

[caption id="attachment_11683" align="alignleft" width="300"] Through the eyes of the horse[/caption]
An open letter from Laura Allen, Attorney-at-Law, Animal Law Coalition, to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture
Dear Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack:
The Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) Administrator, Alfred Almanza, has been quoted as saying that the...

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